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A. L. DUTY.

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PPLATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.-.

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l'UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

ALVA. I. IDOIY, OF'WEST SALEM, ILLINOIS.

CARD GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1 '7, 1914.

Application filed .Tune 14, 1913.71 Serial N o. 773,674.

' of a game of this character wherein the players thereof may be intelligently instructed as to the value of electoral votes of the States; their true value to the opponents forming political parties or Candidates for president; and further the provision of a game of this character which, while being interesting and amusing, will be intellectual and of a nature which will assist its players to acquire knowledge of the art of computay p tion by figures, Aorthography and the like.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingszp-Figure 1 is a View of the cards representing the States of the United States and illustrating their significance to the representative votes of the electoral college; and Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of the mating cards.

In carrying out my invention I provide two separate packs of cards, each of said packs being'made up from the saine number of cards and being of uniform size so that all of said cards may be shuffled and intermixed and dealt from the same hand of the player. The pack illustrated upon ysheet one of the drawings consists of cards 1 divided on their playing surfaces into identical spaces 2, said cards being all differentas to their State representation and having printed or otherwise suitably formed 'in each of its spaces 2, the name of a State, as at 3, while at the alternate corners, the cards are alphabeti-l callyv and numerically marked respectively, as at 4 and 5. It is stated that the letters of the alphabet as arranged on said cards merely form a continuation of the similar letters 6 on the card 7 illustrated on Sheet 2 of the drawing so that collectively, the letters of the different packs of cards form the complete alphabet. In the cards 7 the letters 6 are located in the alternate corners of said cards, while at the centers, the cards are numbered, as at 8.

The game may be played by any number of players, either independently Oras partnersl and 1n the different ways as follows:

Flrst: by spelling. The cards are shufiied and four dealt to each layer. Each player then draws one card rom the pack and places it upon the board, face upward, thus formlng a pool. The one to the right of the dealer plays first by spelling so-me word from the letters on the cards, using only one of the cards in his hand andas many as possible of those in the pool, taking care to capture the State cards that have the largest number of electoral votes. Then, the next player to the right plays and so on around. When a player is unable to form a word with one of his cards and the cards fo-rming the pool (if there be any in the col) he must play one card to the pool and should play the o-ne that is of the least value. If a player makes a mistake in spelling a word, the first one to detect it and cries out fraud gets the cards used in the mistaken word. If two or more cry fraud at the same time, the cards are placed in the pool and the game resumed. When all the hands are played out, deal four cards to each player again and so on until all the cards are used. lIf in the last hand the cards do not come out even, place the odd cards in the pool. In the lastround, whoever plays the card that represents tlie largest number of votes captures all that is left on the board.

Second: by addition. The cards are shuffled and the entire pack dealt equally among the players, who place the cards in a stack face downward on the board. The first player to the right of the dealer turns his top card face upward on the board. The next player does likewise. When there is a blank card and a State card both turned face upward, the player that gives their sum first captures all the cards that are turned face upward. But if two or more blank cards are turned or two or more State cards be turned, keep in mind their sum and wait for a card of the opposite kind to be turned; then give the sum of all. For example, if there are four players, suppose the first player turns Idaho ,`with four votes, the next player turns Indiana, with fifteen votes, add four and fifteen, and wait for a card of the opposite kind to be turned. Suppose the next player turns a blank card with the number 8 in the center, the one that gives twenty-seven for the result first, captures all the cards that are turned. If it be necessary to go around the game more than once before a card of the opposite kind be turned, let each player place his last turned card upon the previously turned cards so that no player shows more than one card at a time and onlythe numbers that are in sight turned instead of the sum.

Fourth by multiplication. Proceed as in by addition, except that the product must be given instead of their sum when cards of opposite kinds are turned.

Fifth: by division. Proceed as in by addition except the State cards are always counted as dividends and the blank cards'as divisors and the quotients must be given for the results. y

Sixth: by division. Proceed as by spelling. Instead of spelling, divide some card in the pool by the opposite kind, in the hand, that will exactly divide without a remainder.

Seventh: Deal as by spelling except-do not form a pool. Turn one card for trump. Then the first player to the right of the dealer casts one card face upward on the board, the next one does likewise, and so on around until all have played. The one that casts the ca d having the highest number captures ali the cards that are played. He then leads in the next play. A trump card will capture one of the opposite kind no matter how large. For instance, if the blanks be trumps, a blank card worth two will capture any State card. A trump card is laluable according to thek number upon its ace.

Eighth: by matching. Dealy as by spelling, only do not have any trumps. Each player beginning at the one to the right of the dealer, places one card face downward upon the board; then they are all turned over and the one that has the largest number captures all the rest. Continue in the same way until all the cards are used.

After playing the game under either of the methods described in the foregoing, the player separates the blank cards from the State cards and the electoral votes on the State cards ofeach player are added and the one whoreceives the votes to the aggregate of 266 or more is `decided the winner. Should it happen that no player receives as many as Y 266, the winner is decided between the two having the highest number. At this time it is stated thatthe other players cast their Votes for either ofthe two opponents having the highest number or they may divide their votes between them in any mannerthey wish, each State card counting only one vote. They continue voting until one receives 25 orvmore cards which is a majority of 48. Each voter keeps the cards in his own hands,

calling out the number he casts for each candidate.

. In case small children iind it too hard to add the'electoral votes, they-may count the cards,v the one receiving the most cards has the game. Y However, all lshould add the votes it possible, as the purpose of the game is to develop the power to spell, to think and to Vcalculatevrapidly -as well as for amusement. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. Game apparatus comprising cards having indicia thereon representing the dilerent States and numbered to indicate the electoral votes of the States, said cards each having a letter of the alphabet thereon, and other cards having numbers and letters thereon respectively, as and for the purpose specified.

2. Game apparatus comprising cards having the names of the States thereon and numbered according to the electoral votes of the States, said cards also having certain letters ot the alphabet thereon, and other cards having the remaining letters of the alphabet thereon, and numbered, as and for the purpose set forth.

- In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVA L. Dori'. lVitnesses l:

FRANK S. WILEY, I J. A. TURNER. 

